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1. Give the structures of the product in the following reaction (2000)

2. Write the structures of alanine at pH = 2 and pH = 10. (2000)

3. Give the structures of the products in the following reactions (2000)


H
Sucrose  A  B

4. Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, is a peptide and has the following structure (2001)
CH2C6H5
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H2 N  CH  CONH  C H  COOCH3
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CH2COOH

(i) Identify the four functional groups.

(ii) Write the Zwitter ionic structure.
(iii) Write the structures of the amino acids obtained from the hydrolysis of aspartame
(iv) Which of the two amino acids is more hydrophobic?

5. Name the heterogeneous catalyst used in the polymerization of ethylene. (2003)

6. Following two amino acids lysine and glutamine form dipeptide linkage. What are two possible
dipeptides? (2003)
H2 N  CH  COOH H2N  CH  COOH
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CH2CH2CH2CH2 NH2 CH2CH2COOH

7. The structure of D-glucose is as follows (2004)

CHO
H OH
HO H
H OH
H OH
OH
(i) Draw the structure of L-glucose.
(ii) Give the reactions of L-glucose with Tollen’s reagent

8. Which of the following disaccharide will not reduce Tollen’s reagent? (2005)

(i) (ii)

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*9. For ‘invert sugar’, the correct statement(s) is(are) : (2006)
(Given: specific rotations of (+) –sucrose, (+) –maltose, L-(–)-glucose and L-(+)-fructose in aqueous solution
are +66°, + 140°, –52° and + 92°, respectively)
(A) ‘invert sugar’ is prepared by acid catalyzed hydrolysis of maltose
(B) ‘invert sugar’ is an equimolar mixture of D-(+)-glucose and D-(–)-fructose
(C) specific rotation of ‘invert sugar’ is  20
(D) on reaction with Br2 water, ‘invert sugar’ forms saccharic acid as one of the products

10. Statement-1 : Glucose gives a reddish-brown precipitate with Fehling’s solution. (2007)
Statement-2 : Reaction of glucose with Fehling’s solution give CuO and gluconic acid.
(A) Statement-I is correct; Statement-II is correct; Statement-II is a correct explanation of
Statement-I
(B) Statement-I is correct; Statement-II is correct; Statement-II is not the correct explanation of
Statement-I
(C) Statement-I is correct; Statement-II is incorrect (D) Statement-I is incorrect; Statement-II is correct
11. Match the chemical substances in Column I with type of polymers/type of bond in Column II. (2007)

Column-I Column-II
(a) Cellulose (p) Natural polymer

(b) Nylon-66 (q) Synthetic polymer

(c) Protein (r) Amide linkage

(d) Sucrose (s) Glycoside linkage

12. Among cellulose, polyvinyl chloride, nylon and natural rubber, the polymer in which the intermolecular
force of attraction is weakest is : (2009)
(A) nylon (B) poly(vinyl chloride) (C) cellulose (D) natural rubber

13. The total number of basic groups in the following form of lysine is (2010)

14. The correct statement about the following disaccharide is : (2010)

(A) Ring (a) is pyranose with   glycosidic link
(B) Ring (a) is furanose with   glycosidic link
(C) Ring (b) is furanose with   glycosidic link
(D) Ring (b) is pyranose with   glycosidic link

*15. The correct functional group X and the reagent Y in the following schemes are : (2011)

(A) X  COOCH3 ; Y  H 2 / Ni / Heat (B) X  CONH 2 , Y  H2 / Ni / Heat

(C) X  CONH2 ; Y  Br 2 / NaOH (D) X  CN ; Y  H 2 / Ni / Heat

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